“The angel of the Lord came upon him (Peter) and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off.” (Acts 12:7.) “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God….Read More …

“In nothing be anxious.” (Phil. 4:6.) NO anxiety ought to be found in a believer. Great, many and varied may be our trials, our afflictions, our difficulties, and yet there should be no anxiety under any circumstances, because we have a Father in Heaven who is almighty, who loves HisRead More …

“And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into a prison… But Jehovah was with Joseph… and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper. (Gen. 39:20-23) WHEN God lets us go to prison because we have been serving Him, and goes there with us, prison is about theRead More …

“As dying and behold we live.” (2 Cor. 6:9.) I HAD a bed of asters last summer, that reached clear across my garden in the country. Oh, how gaily they bloomed. They were planted late. On the sides were yet fresh blossoming flowers, while the tops had gone to seed.Read More …

“Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you.” (Isaiah 30:18.) WHERE showers fall most, there the grass is greenest. I suppose the fogs and mists of Ireland make it “the Emerald Isle”; and whenever you find great fogs of trouble, and mists of sorrow, you alwaysRead More …

“Do not begin to be anxious.” (Phil. 4:6, P. B. V.) NOT a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of worrying?Read More …

“Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God.” (Isa. 50:10, R. V.) WHAT shall the believer do in times of darkness—the darknessRead More …

“It came to pass… that the brook dried up.” (1 Kings 17:7.) THE education of our faith is incomplete if we have not learned that there is a providence of loss, a ministry of failing and of fading things, a gift of emptiness. The material insecurities of life make forRead More …

“So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning” (Job 42:12.) THROUGH his griefs Job came to his heritage. He was tried that his godliness might be confirmed. Are not my troubles intended to deepen my character and to robe me in graces I had littleRead More …

“And after the earthquake a fire; and after the fire a sound of gentle stillness.” (1 Kings 19:12, R. V., margin.) A SOUL, who made rapid progress in her understanding of the Lord, was once asked the secret of her easy advancement. She replied tersely, “Mind the checks.” And theRead More …